…another quarterly sampling of recent organ discs, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive. Our choices are wide-ranging, covering a variety of musical styles, performers and instruments. Domestic and imported LPs and CDs will be aired.
…a dramatic cycle of meditations for Passiontide.
…in a concert performance by Minnesota organist Nancy Lancaster, recorded on the Charles B. Fisk organ of House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, MN.
…a recital recorded at the Driekonigskirche in Frankfurt, where Helmut Walcha has played since 1946. This program was recorded by Walcha in 1981.
…all the repertoire on this broadcast was originally written for some medium other than the pipe organ. While some of you may consider a transcription “impure,” the tradition of adapting music for organ performance is based on centuries-old precedents. Bach thought nothing of playing a Vivaldi violin concerto on the organ.
…a program of mostly new, commissioned works recorded on the Casavant organ of Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, and recorded during the American Guild of Organist’s 1980 National Convention in Minnesota.
…from the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
…choral and organ music by the ‘Dean of Canadian Composers’, to commemorate the centenary of his birth [1880-1968], recorded during the American Guild of Organist’s 1980 National Convention in Minnesota.
…choral and organ music by the ‘Dean of Canadian Composers’, to commemorate the centenary of his birth [1880-1968], recorded during the American Guild of Organist’s 1980 National Convention in Minnesota.
…a recital on the C.B. Fisk organ at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul, MN, recorded during the American Guild of Organist’s 1980 National Convention in Minnesota.
…the very first Pipedreams broadcast features highlights from the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists held in the Minnesota Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
…an organ in a church makes a statement about values temporal and spiritual. A new instrument is always the center of interest, often the center of controversy. Young Minnesota organ-builder Kevin Marrin designed something quite special for St. Mary's Cathedral in St. Cloud.
…a selective sampling of recent organ recordings, with commentary, a wide variety of musical styles, players and instruments with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive. A potpourri, recipe yet to be determined.
…a recital by the acclaimed New York organist and composer, recorded on the 1981 Holtkamp organ at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis.
…a complete performance of the Nativity Suite of Olivier Messiaen, played by Theodore Gillen at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.
…a recital by the titular organist of Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris, recorded on the 1981 Holtkamp organ of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis. M. Roth will talk about his career, and about his recordings of the complete organ works of Camille Saint-Saens, excerpts of which will also be included in this program.
…the famed French Composer and organist of the Parisian Church of St. Eustache is heard performing on the new Detlef Kleuker organ (46-stop tracker) at the Church of Notre Dame des Graces aud Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels, and at Riverside Church in New York City (150-stops). Jean Guillou will also be heard in conversation concerning his career and compositions.
…a recital of Scandinavian music performed by the young Norwegian organist, recorded on the Casavant organ (4-manuals, 108-ranks) at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis.
